Organize - Simplify Redux

Well, all good intentions don't always pan out! My plan for this year was to organize my life and surroundings, and to scale back and simplify. However, it seems that in the last few months, things have gotten much busier - both at home and at work! So - so far, that hasn't worked out!

I had a huge project at work preparing a new building for occupancy and getting all of the equipment and software needed for the employees to use, which is still going on. That, coupled with smaller projects and routine day-to-day stuff, has given me LESS time to relax.

Oh well, that's the way it goes sometimes. I guess God has a lesson for me in here somewhere! But I am still trying to de-clutter and slow down. Maybe after April when the dance show I am in has finished.

Speaking of the dance show, it has been so much fun getting back into my tap dancing! We have a GREAT dance to the song "Save my Soul" by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, a neo-swing band. Funny, my husband and I saw them up in Reno (what a fun show that was!). The choreography is awesome - really fun to do!

I've also just completed a special scrapbook/photography project for a wonderful woman at work who has retired, and have been working on the Boy Scout Troop's scrapbook. Can't wait to finish so I can work on our family albums! I especially want to get to the Disneyland Trip for the 50th Anniversary. That one will be really FUN to do!

God has been so good to me and has blessed me with the time and ability to do all of these fun things, but most of all has blessed me with a wonderful family and friends to share this all with. I thank him for Every New Day He gives me. He is truly an awesome God.

Organize ~ Simplify

I have adopted two keywords for this year - Organize and Simplify. If there are two things I need to work on, it is getting organized and simplifying my life. There is so much clutter in my world and I sometimes feel overwhelmed, and that I am doing too much. I find myself hanging onto too much STUFF! It's almost as if the Paper Monster exploded in my house! Junk mail, old lists, and all those magazines - I mean, really, how long do I need to save back issues of these magazines. I was able to simplify and organize my family room after Christmas - I even dusted the knick-knacks (trust me - that was an accomplishment). And it made me feel like there was a little part of my house I could retreat to that didn't have me overwhelmed! As I pray for God's guidance in my life, I hope to simplify my life to give His plan more presence in my life.